Salon

Definition: Salon

Salon

Noun

1. Gallery where works of art can be displayed.

2. A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work.

3. Elegant sitting room where guests are received.

Date "salon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references)

Synonyms: Salon

Synonyms: beauty parlor (n), beauty parlour (n), beauty salon (n), beauty shop (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receptacle	Chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Salon

Specialty definitions using "salon": Blue Screen of Death ♦ LOUIS XIV ♦ RECAMIER. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Salon" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (drawing room, parlor, parlour, salon), Dutch (lounge, parlour, salon, sitting-room), French (living room, lounge, parlour, salon, saloon, show, sitting room, sitting-room), German (drawing room, exhibition stand, lounge, parlor, parlour, salon, saloon, sitting-room), Indonesian (salon), Polish (lounge, parlour, salon, sitting-room), Romanian (drawing room, hall, house-place, keeping room, lounge, parlour, salon, saloon, show room, sitting room, sitting-room, state room), Serbo-Croatian (salon, showroom), Turkish (drawing room, hall, hippodrome, living room, lounge, parlor, parlour, salon, saloon, sitting room).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	In a hair salon, no one can hear you scream (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel)
Lyrics	See, hit the salon get a mani and a pedi (One Of Those Days; performing artist: Whitney Houston; writing credit: Kevin Briggs, Patrice Stewart, Dwight Reynolds, Ernest Isley, Marvin Isley, Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Christopher Jasper, Warren Zevon & David Lindell)
Movie/TV Titles	Bar Salon (1974) Het Salon (1971) Salon independiente (1969) Der Grüne Salon (1944) Salon Dora Green (1933)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Salon Media Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Spa and Salon Products in Mexico: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference) The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Salon Hair Care (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	101 Media and Marketing Tips for Salon Owners, Stylists and Managers (reference) 101 Salon Promotions (reference) An ABC of Natural Beauty Recipes: More Than 150 Beauty Treatments for the Eyes, Hair, Nails and Skin from Mother Nature's Salon (reference) Fun, Creative & Profitable Salon Marketing: 67 Ways to Grow for Salon Business (reference) Salon Psychology: How to Succeed With People and Be a Positive Person (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Salon Owner Confidential (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Salon De Belleza (reference) Salon Kitty (reference) Salon Mexico (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Copland: El Salon Mexico/Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra/Music for the Theatre/Connotations for Orchestra (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	HoMedics PB-100 Foot Salon Ultra Vibrating Foot Bath with Power-Pedicure Attachments and Infrared Heat (reference) Salon Shaper 5-Piece All-in-One Professional Salon Kit with Case (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Dean Salon -- 11 months old Bonn. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Avant l'opÃ©ration salon de 1887 / H. Gervex pinx. & del. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Versailles chateau (?), Versailles, France. Salon elevation. Credit: Library of Congress.		Salon de 1861; Peinture - l'enfant volé / par M. Schlesinger ; dessin de Dargent ; Hotelin Hurel Sargent. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Seating area, with chairs around table, cabinet, etc. with tapestry on wall in salon of the Reichs Chancellory, Berlin, German. Credit: Library of Congress.		Str. City of Detroit III, grand salon, looking aft. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Grand salon, str. City of Cleveland. Credit: Library of Congress.		Salon jury, Philadelphia. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Victor David House (Le Petit Salon) entrance stairway, 620 St. Peter Street, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.		Helena Rubenstein, business at 655 5th Ave., New York, New York. Salon I. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Salon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.15% of the time. "Salon" is used about 596 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.15%	579	10,925
Noun (proper)	2.85%	17	85,106
Total	100.00%	596	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "salon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Salon	Last name	200	32,928
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
USA	Salon Media Group, Inc.
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "salon": beauty salon ♦ hairdresser salon ♦ hairdressing salon ♦ new Salon ♦ old Salon. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "salon": salon-formula, salon-ish, Salon-la-tour, salon-like, salon-look, salon-picture, salon-style.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "salon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		sallon (drawing room, hall, hallway, parlor, parlour, porch, saloon, sitting room), sallë pritjeje (lounge, presence chamber, reception room, stateroom, vestibule, waiting room), ekspozitë (display, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, fair, sellout, show window). (various references)

Arabic		‏معرض فني, ‏صالون أدبي (saloon), ‏صالون (living room, lounge, sitting room), ‏بهو (foyer). (various references)

Bulgarian		салон (auditorium, hall, lounge, parlor, parlour, saloon), козметичен салон (beauty parlor, beauty parlour), моден салон, приемна зала (parlor, parlour, stateroom), изложбена зала. (various references)

Chinese		沙龙, 沙龍 . (various references)

Czech		salon (drawing room, parlor, parlour). (various references)

Danish		aula (auditorium, lounge, parlour, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Dutch		zaal (lounge, parlour, saddle, sitting-room), salon (lounge, parlour, sitting-room). (various references)

Esperanto		salono (lounge, parlour, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Faeroese		salur (lounge, parlour, sitting-room), høll (auditorium, hall, lounge, parlour, sitting-room). (various references)

Farsi		مشروبفروشی (Saloon), سالن زیباءی (Saloon), رستوران (Buffet, Cafe, Restaurant, Saloon, Teashop). (various references)

Finnish		salonki (drawing-room, saloon). (various references)

French		salon (saloon). (various references)

German		Salon (drawing room, exhibition stand, lounge, parlor, parlour, saloon, sitting-room). (various references)

Greek		σαλόνι (drawing room, lounge, parlor, parlour, sitting room), ινστιτούτο (institute, parlor, parlour), μαγαζί (shop, store), αίθουσα (auditorium, hall, parlor, parlour, room). (various references)

Hebrew		טרקלין (drawing room, lounge, parlour), סלון (guest room, living room, lounge, parlour, sitting room). (various references)

Hungarian		fogadószoba (parlor, parlour). (various references)

Indonesian		salon. (various references)

Italian		salotto (drawing room, lounge, parlor, parlour, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		奥座敷 (inner parlor, living room), サルモネラ食中毒 (overall, salmonella food poisoning, salon music, sarong, sarong apron, surrogate mother, surrogate pair). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おくざしき (inner parlor, living room), サロン (sarong). (various references)

Korean		살롱. (various references)

Norwegian		sal (hall, lounge, parlour, saddle, sitting room, sitting-room). (various references)

Papiamen		sala (living-room, lounge, parlour, salt, sitting-room), sal (lounge, parlour, sitting-room). (various references)

Pig Latin		alonsay.(various references)

Polish		salon (lounge, parlour, sitting-room), sala (lounge, parlour, sitting-room). (various references)

Portuguese		salão (hall, lounge, parlor, parlour, saloon). (various references)

Romanian		salon de expoziţie, salon (drawing room, hall, house-place, keeping room, lounge, parlour, saloon, show room, sitting room, sitting-room, state room). (various references)

Russian		салон. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		salon (showroom). (various references)

Spanish		salón (drawing room, lounge, parlor, parlour, saloon, show, sitting room). (various references)

Swedish		salong (auditorium, drawing room, drawing-room, house, keeping room, lounge, parlor, parlour, saloon, sitting-room). (various references)

Turkish		sergi salonu (showroom), salon (drawing room, hall, hippodrome, living room, lounge, parlor, parlour, saloon, sitting room), misafir odası (drawing room, reception room), galeri (adit, gallery, tunnel). (various references)

Ukrainian		салон (cabin, saloon), вітальня (drawing room, keeping room, living room), палацовий зал. (various references)

Welsh		parlwr pincio (beauty parlor, beauty salon). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Italian	900-Modern	salone. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Lamentations Chapter 1, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Amartian hmarten ierousalhm dia touto eiV salon egeneto panteV oi doxazonteV authn etapeinwsan authn eidon gar thn aschmosunhn authV kai ge auth stenazousa kai apestrafh opisw
Latin	405	Vulgate	HETH peccatum peccavit Hierusalem propterea instabilis facta est omnes qui glorificabant eam spreverunt illam quia viderunt ignominiam eius ipsa autem gemens et conversa retrorsum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Heth. A synne synnede Jerusalem, therfore vnstable she is mad; alle that glorifieden hir dispiseden hir, for thei seyen hir shenshipe; she forsothe weilende, and is turned bacward.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sigheth and turneth backward.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave her honour are looking down on her, because they have seen her shame: now truly, breathing out grief, she is turned back.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Lamentations Chapter 1, Verse 8
Cebuano	Ang Jerusalem nakasala ug daku uyamut; busa siya nahimong ingon sa butang nga mahugaw; Ang tanan nga nagpasidungog kaniya nagatamay na kaniya, tungod kay nakita nila ang iyang pagkahubo: Oo, siya nagapanghupaw, ug mitalikod nga naulaw.
Croatian	Teško sagriješi Jeruzalem, postade kao neèistoæa ženina. Svi što ga štovahu, sada ga preziru: jer vidješe golotinju njegovu. On samo plaèe i natrag se okreæe.
Danish	Jerusalem syndede svart, blev derfor til Afsky; hun foragtes af alle sine Beundrere, de så hendes Blusel, derfor sukker hun dybt og vender sig bort.
Dutch	Cheth. Jeruzalem heeft zwaarlijk gezondigd, daarom is zij als een afgezonderde vrouw geworden; allen, die haar eerden, achten haar onwaard, dewijl zij haar naaktheid gezien hebben; zij zucht ook, en zij is achterwaarts gekeerd.
Finnish	Jerusalem on raskaasti syntiä tehnyt, sentähden se on saastaksi tullut. Kaikki, jotka sitä kunnioittivat, halveksivat sitä nyt, kun ovat nähneet sen alastomuuden. Itsekin se huokaa ja kääntyy poispäin.
French	Jérusalem a multiplié ses péchés, C`est pourquoi elle est un objet d`aversion; Tous ceux qui l`honoraient la méprisent, en voyant sa nudité; Elle-même soupire, et détourne la face.
German	Jerusalem hat sich versündigt; darum muß sie sein wie ein unrein Weib. Alle die sie ehrten, verschmähen sie jetzt, weil sie ihre Blöße sehen; sie aber seufzt und hat sich abgewendet.
Haitian Creole	Lavil Jerizalèm te fè anpil peche! Li bay moun degoutans. Moun ki te konn gen respè pou li yo, koulye a yo pa gade l' menm. Li kanpe tankou yon fanm toutouni devan yo. Li menm, l'ap plenn, l'ap kache figi l' tèlman li wont.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Yerusalem mengotori diri sendiri dengan melakukan banyak dosa keji. Semua yang dahulu menghormati dia, kini menghinanya karena melihat ketelanjangannya. Ia berkeluh kesah, karena telah kehilangan muka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Bahwa sangat besarlah dosa Yeruzalem, sebab itu ia telah jadi seperti seorang najis: Segala orang yang dahulu memberi hormat kepadanya sekarang mencelakan dia, karena telah dilihatnya hal telanjangnya, maka iapun berkeluh kesah dan undur ke belakang.
Italian	Gerusalemme ha peccato gravemente, per questo è divenuta un panno immondo; quanti la onoravano la disprezzano, perché hanno visto la sua nudità; anch'essa sospira e si volge indietro.
Maori	Nui atu te hara o Hiruharama; na reira ia i meinga ai, ano hei mea poke: ko te hunga katoa i whakahonore i a ia, whakahawea ana ki a ia, no te mea kua kite ratou i tona tahangatanga: ae ra, kei te aue ia, kei te hoki ki muri.
Norwegian	Storlig har Jerusalem syndet, derfor er hun blitt til en vederstyggelighet; alle de som æret henne, forakter henne, for de så hennes blusel; hun selv sukket og vendte sig bort.
Portuguese	Jerusalém gravemente pecou, por isso se fez imunda; todos os que a honravam a desprezam, porque lhe viram a nudez; ela também suspira e se volta para trás.
Rumanian	Greu de pqcqtuit Ierusalimul! De aceea a ajuns de sckrbq. Toyi cei ce -l preyuiau kl dispreyuiesc acum, vqzkndu -i goliciunea, wi el knsuw se kntoarce kn altq parte wi ofteazq.
Spanish	Gran pecado ha cometido Jerusalén, por lo cual ha llegado a ser cosa inmunda. Todos los que la honraban la desprecian, porque han mirado su desnudez. Ella también suspira y se vuelve atrás.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "salon": salons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Salon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alon, Aslin, aslon, asson, calgon, calon, dalon, esalen, halon, kalon, palon, Saadoun, saalian, Sablon, sabon, sacon, Sadoon, Safon, sagon, sahlan, Sakong, salah, salan, salbo, salgo, Salin, Saliou, salko, sallin, salloon, saln, salo, Salone, salong, Saloom, Salor, salot, Salov, salu, saluna, saluo, Salvona, samon, Sanon, Saolanum, saon, saron, savon, sazo, sazon, Sazonov, Sebon, Selen, selin, selon, Selson, Selvon, Sezon, Shaalan, shalloon, sillon, siloh, silton, slon, solorn, Spallone, swallon, valon, wallon, Waylon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: loans, solan.
	Words within the letters "a-l-n-o-s"
	-1 letter: also, loan, naos, sola.
	-2 letters: als, las, nos, ons, sal, sol, son.
	-3 letters: al, an, as, la, lo, na, no, on, os, so.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-n-o-s"
	+1 letter: aloins, anoles, azlons, lanose, llanos, logans, lorans, nopals, salmon, salons, saloon, santol, slogan, soland, solano, solans, soldan, talons, tolans.
	+2 letters: albinos, almonds, alnicos, analogs, anisole, ballons, blazons, canolas, claxons, daltons, dolmans, enhalos, enolase, espanol, etalons, falcons, flacons, flagons, gallons, kalongs, kaolins, klaxons, ladinos, ladrons, lagoons, lanugos, lardons, latinos, liaison, loaners, lochans, longans, malison, normals, oilcans, plasmon, prolans, reloans, salmons, saloons, sandlot, santols, slogans, solands, solanin, solanos, solanum, soldans, sponsal, synodal, talions, tolanes, unloads, zonulas.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
salon	2,846	salon magazine	104
hair salon	1,938	bourget du salon	104
tanning salon	1,449	red door salon	90
beauty salon	1,223	auto salon	89
salon equipment	573	hair salon equipment	79
nail salon	475	option auto salon	79
salon furniture	240	jc penney salon	78
salon supply	228	beauty salon supply	78
catwalk hair salon	220	used salon equipment	75
regis hair salon	218	salon selectives	74
beauty salon equipment	215	mario tricoci salon	63
regis salon	188	tokyo auto salon	62
salon product	171	tanning salon software	62
spa and salon	166	atlanta hair salon	62
salon software	155	chicago hair salon	62
aveda salon	149	salon chair	59
irvine salon	120	hair salon product	57
salon shampoo	118	sunless tanning salon	56
invention salon	113	elizabeth arden red door salon	56
black hair salon	106	salon hair style	55
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"624" by Billy Fowks Commentary: "A nail salon on Court Street in Brooklyn, NY I would love to know what my pictures are being used for. Please let me know. Thanks!."	"Tools of the Trade 2" by Lisa McDonald Commentary: "Items in beauty salon."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Salon

Definition: Salon

Salon

Noun

Synonyms: Salon

Synonyms within Context: Salon

Receptacle

Crosswords: Salon

Modern Usage: Salon

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Salon

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Salon

Photos:Salon

Illustrations:Salon

Computer Images:Salon

Photo Album: Salon

Digital Photo Gallery: Salon

Usage Frequency: Salon

Name Usage Frequency: Salon

Usage in Company Names: Salon

Salon Media Group, Inc.

Expressions: Salon

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Salon

Modern Translation: Salon

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Norwegian

Papiamen

Pig Latin

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Ukrainian

Welsh

Ancestral Language Translations: Salon

Bible Trace: Salon

Matched Bible Translations: Salon

Derivations & Misspellings: Salon

Derivations

Misspellings

Anagrams: Salon

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

INDEX

Photos:
Salon

Illustrations:
Salon

Computer Images:
Salon